News at a glance
Retro dessert is a tasty welcome back
WESTERKIRK WRI Elizabeth McNeil welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the year.
Last updated 14 March 2013
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Bid to ease pain of ‘bedroom tax’ plan
COUNCILLORS in Dumfries and Galloway are to investigate how they can soften the blow of the controversial ‘bedroom tax’ on the region’s residents.
Last updated 14 March 2013
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Looking back at Reivers
THERE was a good attendance in the Buccleuch Centre to hear Ian Landles and Billy Young talk on The Reivers of the West March.
Last updated 14 March 2013
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Open studio
LANGHOLM artist Julie Dumbarton is inviting the public into her studio at the end of March offering a first look at her latest works.
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999 crews leave fire on moor to burn out
FIRE crews from Langholm and Hawick attended a moorland fire north of Langholm after receiving numerous calls from the public.
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Paintings by railways artist journey north
TWO works by the artist who made travelling by train a uniquely British experience are now hanging in the Buccleuch Centre in Langholm.
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Raise speed of HGVs
RAISING the speed limits for HGVs on single carriageway roads like the A7 will reduce accidents and road rage, says MSP John Lamont.
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Initiative in response to horse meat scandal
FOOD producers, butchers, independent retailers, farmers’ markets and cafés in Dumfries and Galloway, supported by Savour the Flavours, have launched a customer information campaign in response to the horse meat scandal.
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Snowball fright
YOUTHS threw snowballs at the window of a home in Townfoot, Langholm, where an elderly woman in her 90s lives, but police have not yet been able to identify who were responsible.
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Police monitor parking at school
POLICE in Langholm are continuing to monitor the parking of cars outside the primary school at the start and end of the school day.
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Music row
POLICE went to an address in Armstrong Court, Langholm, after reports of loud music.
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Hospital bus trials
SCOTTISH Borders council, in partnership with the Reshaping Care Change Fund and The Bridge Community Transport Initiative, is testing a new bus service from Hawick to the Borders General Hospital.
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Drink-drivers up by a third in two years
ROADS policing officers have vowed to tackle the increasing numbers of drink-drivers in Dumfries and Galloway.
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Cider plan coming to fruition
THE Penton discussion group met at Craigburn last week for the last of this year’s regular evening meetings.
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Insight into work of centre
LANGHOLM Ladies’ Burns club meeting began with the winners of the school’s P7 Burns’ recitation competition entertaining the company with their prize poems.
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Forest landscape snaps prize
IT WAS a case of being in the right place at the right time for Liddesdale camera club member Sarah Wilson when she snapped a winning photo in Newcastleton.
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Quiz night
THE Canonbie United parish church quiz night on Friday, March 1 was very well attended, with 20 teams and more than 85 people taking part.
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Anger at nursing home shut down
SHOCK, anger and disbelief have greeted the news of the closure of Dalarran nursing home in Langholm in June.
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Plant pot tips for tots
SPRING has begun sprouting shoots, despite this week’s freezing weather, and the children attending the nursery class at Canonbie primary school are making the most of the opportunity to get outside.
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Takeaway application bid
ANDREW Scott of Ashley Bank Lodge, Langholm, has applied for permission to change the use of part of the shop at Unit 1, Murray House, High Street and turn it into a hot food takeaway. He also wants to install an extract flue at the back and alter the rear of the building and the shop front.
Last updated 14 March 2013
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